Boostedb20EH2

I have found it hard to know exactly everything that needs to be done for this. I have read the majority of the official thread. But i will take this time to "try" to construct a write-up for the first timer. (As i am myself) I will be learning along with this. Note: I have no auto-body experience, which pretty much is the beauty of the whole 50 dollar paint job idea. I will have two buddies helping me. One who took autobody in his vocational school.
Its friday afternoon, and i'd like to try the best i can to get this driveable by monday morning so this may be kind of rushed, although i wish it wasnt.

We'll lets start off with the beater. A 1992 vx hatch with black primer.I just picked this thing up yesterday, it is beat. The kid i bought it from lived at a trailor park and didnt seem to take too good of care of his vehicles.. But it was cheap.



The z6.

The interior..yuck. It used to be teal. I wish it would of stayed that way,otherwise i wouldnt be doing this.

The hatch and supplies.

Closer view.

The color i chose.

Gloss almond. On the official thread i saw alot of gloss white. And it got kind of boring, I havent seen this one so i chose it to be alittle original. Holding it up to the car i think it might actually look sick if i can pull it off right.

Supplies list (so far)
Home Depot:
3 quarts of Gloss almond- $7.84x 3 = $23.52
2 Spray cans of Gloss almond- $3.60x2 = 7.20
Bondo-= 11.00
2 four inch rollers = $3.82x2 = 7.64
Pack of five 4 inch high density roller pads = $5.97
1 1/2 inch blue tape = $3.89
Gallon Mineral Spirits= $10.47

Autozone
Various sandpapers= $10.00
Brush i forgot to get at home depot= $2.79


I'm going to head out and start on this. Wish me luck.

90goldhatch

good luck with the project, i was trying to do mine today and got pissed off and sanded it back down , hopefully you write a very detailed write-up for the noobs like my self

turkishEF

Haha. My buddy and i just bought a beater lookin car. We'll be doin the same thing. I'll follow your steps if it turns out ok.

How far are you goin with it? Joor jambs, engine bay interior??


Modified by turkishEF at 7:22 PM 7/6/2007

Jooleeus

Good luck with the paint job, I finished my $50 paint job a couple weeks ago and I think it turned out okay. Just be absolutely sure you've thinned the paint enough and work out the bubbles before painting another section. I missed a few groups of bubbles during my third coat and paid for it the next day... all day sanding session.

Your beater reminds me of mine when I first picked it up. Primer paint job, various missing pieces... but it's hard to say no to a cheap car!

Boostedb20EH2

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turkishEF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Haha. My buddy and i just bought a beater lookin car. We'll be doin the same thing. I'll follow your steps if it turns out ok.

How far are you goin with it? Joor jambs, engine bay interior??


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I dont like half *** ****. But right now im short on time so im just doing the exterior as far as i can go. I will be pulling the motor and all other various interior next weekend and painting probably with the spray cans i got.
Just got all the bondo and such applied and came back to wash the car.
Going back to work right now to apply the first coat. I'll be back in a few hours to post all the pictures.

Boostedb20EH2

Little bit of bodywork being done.

Rainbow car


Washed up and ready for paint.

Me about to paint.Alittle nervous here. Wasnt sure if it was exactly waterlike. But i think it was okay.

I think i layed it alittle thick on the hood. Was the first to paint, things evened out.









I think its too early to know what to think. But i have a decent feeling about it. It looks like **** because its the first coat. But things arent really supposed to shape up until the 3rd or 4th. I'll be up tomorrow to lay on coat number 2. My buddy keeps trying to convince me to let him spray the rest. But i think i just want to roll it.

white92LS531

i think thats a little too much paint for the first coat, but im sure by the 3rd or 4th itll start looking ok. im gonna be doing mine with topside boat paint.

HomeDepotMade

hey if u are tired of the gloss white like everyone else. do what i did i mixed the gloss white with almond and made myself a poors man champ white paint job.

Gloss white. (dont mind the HD lip)


almond mix


cant really tell in the pictures but in person u can see its a has a little cream to it.

well good luck on ur progress and have fun

Boostedb20EH2

Dried over night, fairly smooth to the touch, not real sticky.

Picking bugs and **** out of my paint.

Midway through coat 2.
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Next comes some wetsanding which i hear is quite fun

I noticed the gloss coat 2 put on the car made alot of the dents i didnt fix, or even the ones i tried to fix alot more apparent. I could of put some more work into that area, but it doesnt really bother me that much right now.
It seems to be taking decent shape I think. We will see.

Bigblockhatch

You know you could have just bought a cheap gallon of single stage for around $100.Sprayed it with a $29 paint gun from HF.And not messed a car up so bad that paint stripper will be its only friend

Boostedb20EH2

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mikey012

looks good so far just remember to sand it babys *** smooth or you'll pay for it later down the line.its all right if you sand off alot of the paint on the first sanding.your right it doesnt take shape until the 3rd or 4th coat.
heres my before and afters
before

after

Boostedb20EH2

Alright, so i wetsanded it until it was pretty smooth. I didnt go nuts, but i put some time into it. I think it came out okay. Then i put the 3rd coat on and its really starting to put things into perspective. I had doubts before, but i am pretty sure its going to turn out nice.
Here are the results of coat 3.









There is some orange peel as you can tell. But then again i have much more wetsanding to do and then buffing at the end. There is also a nice shine/gloss to it already.

SlowPokeEg

Lookin Studly!

M3 mirrors = barf
Cone filter on TB = barf

But you bought it that way so it's ok

Boostedb20EH2

Its okay mike. I'll pick up your mirrors and color match them.
Then a little bit of clean up the next few months, turbo kit, and up for sale maybe?

kelviiv

kelviiv

Hey boosted

Looks great

I am wondering if you added any spirit mineral to it?
/ If you added anything to the paint and if you did what kind and how much

thanks!

90goldhatch

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I am wondering if you added any spirit mineral to it?
/ If you added anything to the paint and if you did what kind and how much

thanks!</TD></TR></TABLE>
but yeah what he said^^^^^

DannycVR6

why not spray it?

Doostur

Why take it out of the garage when you still have more painting... let alone a dirt field. Looking good though.

Boostedb20EH2

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kelviiv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey boosted

Looks great

I am wondering if you added any spirit mineral to it?
/ If you added anything to the paint and if you did what kind and how much

thanks!</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah alot, i dont have an exact mixture but its close to the amount of paint i put in,if not more. I add it until its really thin.

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why not spray it?
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Clogs the gun, and not the point of the whole thing.

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Why take it out of the garage when you still have more painting... let alone a dirt field. Looking good though.
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The paint was fairly dry, and i wanted to kind of get things done quickly yesterday so i let it set in the sun. Plus i thought i'd get some shots in some real light since its started to get full coverage.

Boostedb20EH2

Heres results of coat 4. Kind of got orange peely, Im going to go wetsand in a few hours.



After letting semi dry for an hour, I let it sit in the sun.





And i just finished off my first quart of paint with the end of the 4th coat. I dont see me getting much past half of the 2nd quart. So i bought too much paint, but oh well. Good thing i didnt buy the gallon because I was going to but they didnt have almond in gallons.

kelviiv

awesome !

any suggestions? that you would change after doing it once?

Boostedb20EH2

Not done yet. But so far..
- I would of set away more time for bodywork
-Completely disassembled the body for full coverage (lights etc) Im doing that next week though.

Tips
-When you roll, you will have bubbles, just roll the paint on and move on, come back a few minutes later and go over the bubbles again most of them will be out. Come back once more to check for any bubbles and or runs.

- Runs in your paint arent a big deal at all, as long as the paint is still wet you can easily roll back over it and take it out.

-For some reasons in the beggining, some spots do not want to cover as well as others. Dont worry about this, it will cover up in further coats. The paint just wont cover. Do not add more paint to that area, it just makes it worse.

Boostedb20EH2

Wetsanding coat 4.


Coat 5.